1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

2. Table of contents

3. Why I have chosen this book?
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is unlike any other book I have read. That's because the narrator, Christopher John Francis Boone, is unlike anyone I have ever met. He is a teenager with a developmental disability who is a mathematical genius but cannot understand human emotions.
This story makes me laugh and cause me to see the world through different eyes.

4. Plot
The novel is written as if Christopher is writing it for a class assignment. He numbers the chapters in prime numbers because that is what he likes. In fact, you hear a lot about what Christopher likes and does not like in the pages of this mystery.

5. TONE: Conversational and matter-of-fact.
TENSE: Past tense
SETTING (TIME): 1998
SETTING (PLACE) · In and around Swindon, England, with a trip to London, England.
PROTAGONIST: Christopher John Francis Boone
MAJOR CONFLICT: Christopher’s investigation of Wellington’s murder leads him to uncover a number of secrets about his parents, causing him to lose his trust in Father and to set out to London in search of Mother.
RISING ACTION: As Christopher investigates Wellington’s murder, he learns that Mother and Mr. Shears had an affair, that Father and Mrs. Shears also had an affair, and Father has been lying to him.

6. MOTIFS: Frustration with Christopher; Science and Technology; Animals
CLIMAX: After a harrowing journey on his own to London in which he must overcome the limits of his condition, Christopher reunites with his mother.
FALLING ACTION: Christopher moves in with Mother, successfully completes his A-level test in math, and begins to reestablish trust with Father. He recalls all that he has accomplished over the course of the novel and sets out a series of goals for the future.
THEMES: The Struggle to Become Independent; Subjectivity; the Disorder of Life; Coping with Loss
MOTIFS: Frustration with Christopher; Science and Technology; Animals
FORESHADOWING: Father’s excessive anger over Christopher’s desire to investigate Wellington’s murder; Christopher’s repeated SYMBOLS: The Murder Investigation; Logic Puzzles, Math Problems, and Maps; The A-Level Test in Math
observation that murderers typically know their victims; Christopher’s discovery of a letter from Mother in Father’s closet.

7. Christopher John Francis Boone
Ed Boone

8. Judy Boone

9. Siobhan

10. Mrs Alexander
Wellington

11. Quotes

12. Author’s idea

13. My opinion

14. GLOSSARY Amnesia-lost of memory Dachshund dog-a small dog
Hypothetical- Supposed
Metaphor- a comparison that does not use LIKE or AS
Simile- A comparison using LIKE or AS
Swiss Army Knife- a multi-tool pocket knife

15. Information:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon